Recording device for use with taximeters.



P. H. ROGERS RECORDING DEVICE FOR USE WITH TAXIMETERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAT..23,1909.

95 3,975. Patented Apr 5, 1910.

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RECORDING DEVICE FOR USE WITH TAXIMETERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23. 1909.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

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RECORDING DEVICE FOR USE WITH TAXIMBTERS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23. 1909 953,975 Patented Apr. 5 1910.

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APPLICATION FILED 2a. 1909.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

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UNITED STATES; PATENT OFFICE} FRANCIS nnnon access, or EAST omenon, ENGLAND.

RECORDING DEVICE FOR USE WITH TAXIMETEBS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 23,

Patented Apr. 5, 1910-.

1909. Serial No. 485,297.-

To all whom it may concern: I I 'Be it known that I, FRANCIS 'HERON Roenns engineer, residing at Dingwall road, Last Cragdon, Surrey, England, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Recording DevicesforUse with Taximete'rs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description' of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

iThis' invention relates to improvements I in recording'devices for usewith public vehicle taximeters, and. consists of an attachment adaptable to any taxi-meter for the purpose of providing on a chart a time record of the movement of the: vehicle, the

number of times the. vehicle'was, hired, the.

,2 the "top plate,

individual fares earned, and the miles-run during theday, according-[to the state of hire. I If p I It further provides for issuing a ticket to I the passenger as a voucher for the m-oneys' paid for. hire, and means whereby the amount is printed.upon said chart as a record against each period of hire indicated thereon. p Y

The further object of the invention is to provide the owner of the cab or other ve- 'hiele-, with a printed record of the days takings, and travel of his vehicle, besides imposing a check upon the driver.

The apparatuscomprising this invention consists of atime piece capable ofallowing said chart to move-unit distance per unit of time; the employment of distance and vehicle movement recording devices, consisting of pointers or markers printing on the c rt on the time barrel according to their movements, which are in unison with and geared to the driving shaft of the tax- "ineter. Afurther pointer which -is spring ressed into engagement with the chart on eth e time barrel is together with the running or movement pointer moved over said chart transversely to accord with the movement of the hire indicator lever common to every taximeter o that the movement of the vehicle is indicated upon said chart according to the statefof hire of the vehicle as 'indicated by the taximeter hire indicator flag.

To enable my invention to be better understood I will describe same by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which I have kFiOW H a recording device suitable for attachment to a. taiiimeter whose indicating lever moves in a complete circle and is capable of taking up four indicating positions, viz For hire, Breakdown (or Not recording) Enga-ged" and Pay-- v v, .i

In the drawings :Figure 1. is a part sectional elevation of the apparatus showing the time piece and distance gear. Fig. 2'. is

aside elevation withco'ver removed.- Fig. ,3. shows detail of printingribbon gear.

Fig. 4. is a side elevation placed horizontally on the paper. Fig. 5. shows detail of pointer. Fig. 6. shows detail of mileage printing pointer. Fig. 7. shows recording device attached to the taximeter. Fig. 8

shows'the record" sheet.

In the drawin 'l'is the bottom plate, and iatween these two plates is mounted the-time barrel 3' adapted to be woundby pinion 4;, gearing with the spur wheel -5 attached to its mam spring. It is checked, by a pawl 6 mounted on a pin 7 and having a spring 8. The two plates ha-ve disand a spring 'clutch 17 to prevent backward movement of the said shaft when the direction of driveis reversed. The worm shaft has a tapp'et 18 and a worm 19 pinned thereto. The worm 19 gears with. a worm wheel 20, fast on; spindle 21, pivoted between plates 1 and 2'. The spindle 21 carries fast thereon a snail cam 22 which is adapted to engage with a pin 23" on lever 24, which pm is kept in engagementwith the cam by a spring 25. The lever 24 is pivoted asat 26,

and has. a projection 27 engaging with a tapping pin 30, brazed to a rod 31. The rod.

-31 is pivoted between the plate 1 and a plate 32-rigidly secured by" pillars to the top plate 2. A spring. 33 whose ends are attached to the rod 31 and the plate 1 normally tends to keep the rod in the position shown, the ar rangement being that at each revolution, the

pro ection 27 gives a sharp tap to the pin 30, causing the rod 31 to partly revolve. The

between the worm wheel 20, (see Fig. 1) and the shaft 105 (see Fig. 7), which latter actu'ates the spur wheel driving the worm shaft, being calculated to give an impression or dot every'mile. In place of the dot we may print the miles upon the chart, by the apparatus shown in Fig. 6. I This consistsofv a veeder type of counting mechanism with raised numbers. The pen 95 is replaced by a fork. 95*, carrying the counter wheels 106 driven by a star wheel 107 on spindle 108.

I L Anink pad 104 takes the place of the-limiting pin 96. The star w'heel engages with a spring pawl 109'pivoted. on plate 2, whichengagement causes the counter to part're- .volve every time the fork 95 is depressed.

The chart (see Fig. 9) is divided into five minute vertical sections 120, which are again divided into hour sections 121, and are in agreement with the'amount of peripheral movement of the time barrel 45, and is di- 'vided horizontally as shown, the horizontal divisions corresponding to the positions taken up by the hire indicator lever, and sub-divided in the case of the Engaged and For hire positions as at 122, into runnin and route divisions for the use of 'the indicating lines made by the running driving from the vehicle wheels fitted ,into

place, the unit totalizer shaft being connected to the charge stamp 72 if this form I of stamp setting device is employed. The

- the paper in place.

, between their spools.

time piece '3 is then wound up by pinion i, see Fig. 4:, the ticket spool is then fitted with a ticket ribbon 2 the end being led out of the case. The ink ribbon .g is then .wound off the spool '54 onto the spool 58 until sufli cient tension has been produced. When this point is reached the catch 115, (see Fig. 2) pivoted at 116 is moved so that its pointer 117 engages with the teeth of the spur wheel 59. The paper record ribbon w is now placed on the spool 52, its end led over the time barrel and placed around the spindle of spool 53. The spool 52 has a projection 53* over which fits a split sheath 53 securing The catch 115 is now put back into the position shown in Fig. 2, releasing the ink and record ribbon spools, which causes both ribbons to become taut The recorder is now ready for use. The pointers 97 and 98 will take up upon the chart the position denoted 60' by the hire indicator lever of the taximeter.

The chart 0c is moving during the whole time being propelled by the tension existing between the two spools and its motion controlled by the time barrel which acts as an escapement. Depending upon whether the vehicle is movingor standing still the running pointer marks on the chart or notaccording to the operation previously described.

Reference to Fig. 8 will show a 'copy'of the actual chart capable of being produced. At a the vehicle is on the'rank, the running line having ceased and the taximeter lever indicating For hire. At 1) a passenger has been secured, the ta-Ximeter indicating Engaged.'- At 0 the vehicle has been stopped possibly. inthe trafiic or at the request of the passenger. At (1 the passenger has alighted and paid the driver who issues a ticket to the passenger' with'tbe amount so paid printed on it and a copy thereof on. the chart a-s-indicated at e; In this way the owner can check either time or distance hire by the chart in any individual run, and so discover fraud through collusion of the driver and fare. On the other hand in taXimeters having two figure record-' ing dials, it is possible to pump the taximeter indicator lever until the two dials are back to an original or any desired number. This would at once be detected on the chart as a series'of vertical lines from For hire? to Passenger would appear. The owner can further check the time the driver spends on the' rank, andat any period'of the day determine whether the cab was idle or not. I

In giving the passenger a ticket the driver sets the fare wheels to the taximeter figures (if the stamp is not attached to the un t totalizer) and then moves the flag to Payment or For hire in doing which he. depresses the stamp 7 2 which prints the amount on the-ticket. He then turns the handle 68 one revolution and pulls the ticket, this moves .the knife 69 which has a slanting blade against the spring 99*, cutting the ticket off.

In order to prevent tampering with the recording device, all its connections to the taximeter are covered up, and to prevent the clock being stopped by' tying the ticket printer so that. its figures press on the time barrel, I form the upper part of the said time barrel distinct from that of the lower part, which latter is driven by the clock. This upper part 125, (see Fig. 4), is loosely V mounted on the shaft and is covered with a hard rubber composition. In the event of the stampbeing held on the surface the pull on the paperis sufiicient tocounteract this by causing the roller to revolve.

I claim.

1.-The combination, with a taximeter,-0f a recorder comprising a time-piece provided with a shaft which is revolved once an hour. a chart carrier adapted to mount a chart under tension and operatively connected with the hour-shaft of the'ti1nepiece, marking devices for forming a record on the chart, and driving mechanism operatively connecting the marking devices with 'ravol wd slices an hour,

the taximeter so that iis j'l xm e-msnis are rscorded.

2. In a record 1' the wmbinafiion, with a 1 a shai't WhlCh 1s v revolved u-nce m1 HOUR), 0"

time-piece pmvideu' Wi i a chm-a earner adapted to mount a a rt under tension and. opmiively ccmrecterlt Withgthe hoursha'fm 0f the mm-piece, an ink-ribbon 0:12- rcier adapted. $.10 1m mt an ink-a'ibboia under tensian, spring dz iving devic'er. sgemting t0 move the: chart and the 11" r 500 sl tanenusly and in the smnv hounshafi and 50 m m h ur-shai't, and mzarkin" dances ing with the ink-1 I 3. In a recorder, the m time-piece provid-s" "with a sna famously and in the s hour-shaft and to assist of the timepiece, an adapged to mount an in! sion spring driving daavices' move the chart 331d.

hour-shvft, :1- iiicket-rimaon' chat-ribbon ad? by} chart, :1 ha. 0 print- (h'e ticket-ribbon and LO b-nmltzuiaeons iy duplicate suc imn in'c upon the chart, :u' l nmrkiiw' dv' i 0111 the 5 0 armed 

